Wilson Combat: Built to Order

I told myself during my days at university that if I ever bought another 1911 (I had saved money to buy my first Colt series 80 during my junior year) that it would be a custom and high end gun that I would be able to pass down to my children and remain an heirloom for generations to come. So sure enough, after graduation and working for a while I decided it was time for me to take the plunge. My favorite gun shop, Jackson Armory happens to be the largest stocking dealer for Wilson Combat 1911s in the world. One day on my lunch break I wandered in to have a look at their display case reserved almost exclusively for Wilson products. They all looked so damn beautiful to me, but I had a picture in my head of the gun I wanted and they simply didn’t have it. I told the staff what I was looking for, and they let me know that if they didn’t have it then I could sit down and place...